I sat and watched one of those brick breaking competitions on T.V. one afternoon. I like watching the competition. It was pretty cool. But not once did I think, "I bet this guy could beat someone's ass". I was thinking how nice it would be to have one of those guys around the next time I needed to bust up some concrete!!

I used to lift weights, pretty religiously. I worked out at the same gym that my DT instructor worked out at. One day I was bench pressing. I had about 315 lbs on the bar. I had just did some reps and was resting on the bench when my instructor walked by. He saw me and came up and said, "**** son, are you scared that a car is going to fall on top of you!" It was one of those life changing moments, and I don't think he even knew!! I changed the way I work out after that, which was a HUGE deal to me.

That's exactly how we have to integrate it into Judo. You must use an ippon throw onto the bricks to break them. Fully compliant, of course, just like the krotty chops. Think of the size of the breaks you could do.

It seems to me that the Sanjuriu Martial Art is not in guestion, but, rather the character of Mr. Galt.
-AkidoMom